Gang Grooming

Susan Hall: What are you doing to monitor grooming into gangs through local music scenes in London such as the Drill music scene?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

The Use of RUIs (Released Under Investigation) by the Met (2)

Caroline Pidgeon: Do you share my concern regarding the use of RUIs following a number of concerning incidents across the country, including a woman in Sunderland tragically murdered by her ex-husband who was released under an RUI? What are you doing to ensure the use of RUIs is reviewed urgently?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Body Worn Video interactions

Andrew Dismore: Is it correct that the Met has stopped borough Stop and Search Monitoring Group members watching samples of Body Worn Video interactions with the public undergoing stop and search; if so, why; and what will you do to redress this shortfall in accountability?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Cycling on Pavements (1)

Tony Devenish: What do TfL and the Metropolitan Police do to crackdown on incidents of cyclists riding illegally on the pavement?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Mental health beds

Andrew Boff: For each of the years December 2016 to November 2017, December 2017 to November 2018 and December 2018 to November 2019 for waiting for mental health beds, what was:

• The number, broken down by borough?
• The average wait for the whole of the MPS and broken down by borough?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Finchley Safer Neighbourhood Team bases

Andrew Dismore: What arrangements are being made to provide SNT bases in Finchley, should the current ones no longer be affordable? Has the Met considered locations such as Finchley Fire Station, or local libraries?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Mental health services

Andrew Boff: For each of the years December 2016 to November 2017, December 2017 to November 2018 and December 2018 to November 2019, for all mental health services in police custody, what was:
• The number, broken down by borough?
• The average wait for the whole of the MPS and broken down by borough?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Chief Coroner’s prevention of future deaths report

Unmesh Desai: Will there be a learning exercise undertaken from the Met following the Chief Coroner’s prevention of future deaths report into the London Bridge terrorist attacks? Is there an action plan being developed and if so please could you provide a timeline for what action is to be taken?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Policing protesters with disabilities

Unmesh Desai: Will the Met be reviewing their response to policing protestors with disabilities following complaints from the public and from the force’s own disability advisors following this year’s Extinction Rebellion protests?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Deaths and serious incidents in police custody report (2)

Siân Berry: In your answer to my question 2018/2546, on the deaths and serious incidents in police custody report, you told me that you accepted the recommendation to “end use of police custody for children detained under section 136 Mental Health Act”. Can you confirm that no children have been detained in police custody in London under the Mental Health Act since October 2018?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Police Officer cancelled rest by borough

Unmesh Desai: If possible, please could you provide a breakdown of the number of cancelled officer rest days by borough and/or by BCU in 2019?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Met police vans with suspect mugshots

Caroline Pidgeon: Although I welcome initiatives to track down suspected criminals in the capital. I was disappointed to recently see a van with an electronic photo display of criminal suspects sitting idly on the pavement outside London Bridge Station with its engine running. Do you share my concern about the environmental impact of this, and what action will you take to ensure that the Met take into account the impact on the environment of their operations?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Bleed control kits

Shaun Bailey: Following the recent action taken by the City of London Police, what lessons are you taking from their introduction of bleed control kits as a way of tackling knife crime?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Cycling on Pavements (2)

Tony Devenish: Are you content that TfL and the Metropolitan Police are doing enough to crackdown on incidents of cyclists riding illegally on the pavement?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Hit and Run Incidents

Caroline Pidgeon: Please provide the latest figures, broken down by month, of hit and run incidents in London. Please include how many of these incidents resulted in fatalities or serious injuries, and how many cases resulted in conviction.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.